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When we woke up this morning the garden looked completely white, snow white. We don’t get snow often and usually it doesn’t stay for long as the ground is not froozen. A few hours after I took a few pictures of my garden the snow was gone. But my garden looked very pretty in white.
A snow covered viburnum Bodnantense.
June berry orAmelanchier
Daffodils, TETE-A-TETE
Coconut for the birds.
Take care !
Sorry for being absent a lot in the past month’s. Winter was grey , wet and soft and it was almost impossible to take nice pictures. In fact we had no real Winter, no snow, no ice, just a few light night frosts. March has been like real Spring although it is still Winter. The sky is bright blue, the sun shines and we enjoy the sun a lot. Nature starts to wake up and the first Spring flowers are in bloom. I just hope we don’t get heave frost in April or May, everything is possible and this will do a lot of damage.
Always on of the first in bloom and always reliable, you plant the bulbs in the soil and they come up year after year. So easy !
Another one you can always rely on, the amalanchier tree, also called juneberry, I don’t know why they call it juneberry as it always flowers at the end of march ! In a few weeks time it will be covered in small white flowers and it will be buzzing with bees. Look at that blue sky we have at the moment . So much better than grey.
Have a great weekend !
Today is September 19th and we can feel, see and smell Autumn is here. Summer was cool and wet with here and there a few hot days. I have been taking pictures this month and you can see how nature is changing. Despite all the rain we had it is still dry but we live on sandy soil and it doesn’t keep water for long.
I hope you”ll all have a great Autumn. Thanks for visiting and keep safe.
We have such nice weather at the moment, very sunny, bright blue sky, not too cold….what more do you want. I try to enjoy it as much as I can cos colder weather is on its way.
We have a very stubborn tree, our Amelanchier (juneberry) starts blooming every year on April 1st. But as we have had a lot of sun and soft weather we were sure it would bloom earlier this year. Just one little branch has been in bloom for about a week now and the rest is still in bud.
JUST 2 SMALL FLOWER STALKS.
THE REST OF THE TREE LOOKS LIKE THIS; ALL FLOWERS STILL IN BUDD
MY SKIMMIA KEW GREEN IS BUZZING WITH BEE’S NOW THAT THE FLOWERS ARE OPEN
OUR WATERHEN (coot) STILL HASN’T FOUND A MATE YET, BUT SHE IS FEELING VERY MUCH AT HOME IN OUR GARDEN. LOOK AT HER BEAUTIFULL BEAK.
I am still very sad about my little dog who died suddenly last week, I miss her a lot.
Have a great weekend all ! Stay safe !!
When I was in my garden last week I noticed this cute little twig of my amelanchier tree, the tree was completely bare except for this little twig, the sun was shining and it caught my eye as it looked so pretty.
Have a great day !
It is the beginning of August and for us it is the middle of Summer but the heath and drought have ruined a lot of plants so now it looks like Autumn.
It is the second year in a row, I think we should start looking for plants that tolerate more heath and more drought.
I took this picture 2 days ago and now this tree is almost bare, all the yellow leafs have gone with the wind.
My gernaniums look all death, luckily I know they’ll come back when we have had a lot of rain and lower temperatures.
Even the hen’s and chicks are burned !!!! I have put most of my plants in pots in the shade but as we may not use the waterhose cos of the drought, I have to water them by hand, a huge job.
Have a great weekend all !
AMELANCHIER (serviceberry, juneberry,sarvisberry, shadbush……..)
MY AMELANCHIER IS STARTING TO BUD AND WHEN IT STARTS BUDDING IT GOES FAST
SNOWDROPS, THE EASIEST OF THE BULBS
I DISCOVERED A FEW CYCLAMEN COUM UNDER A BUSH, I NEVER PLANTED THEM BUT I AM HAPPY TO SEE THEM IN MY GARDEN
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BUDS OF NARCISSUS TETE-A-TETE, I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THEM IN BLOOM AGAIN
AMELANCIER LAMARCKII (snowy mespilus) IN FULL BLOOM
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BLOOMS
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A LOT OF BERRIES
THEY LOOK A BIT LIKE LITTLE CHERRIES
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Coffee, Conversation & Ear Scratches
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Blending with the latest art exhibitions.
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A blog about eco-minimalism, gardening, money-saving and more
Find your wild
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